Cloning and Genetically Engineered Children Miranda Dupre Cloned

Cloning and Genetically Engineered Children Miranda Dupre

Cloned Cat, Believable…Glowing Cat, Stunning…Cloned Cats That Glow, Indescribable • • Cloning is something complicated and could go horribly wrong, but for these kittens things have gone horribly…bright? These kittens were cloned by South Korean scientists on December 13, 2007. These exotic cats only glow this reddish color (as seen below) when they are under ultraviolet light. Scientists have been able to clone cats for six years and now they can make glowing kittens. Scientists can actually make pigs and mice glow also. I bet you are wondering why they want weird glowing animals. Scientists experiment with cloning because the more they learn about cloning the closer they can get to doing amazing things with it. They need to know the risks of cloning before they can use it on humans. Glowing Kitties Rule!!!

Possibilities of Cloning: Medical Reasons • • • Scientists can use cloning for helpful things like curing diseases. In theory doctors can clone someone who has a disease and try to cure the clone before they operate on the actual human. This is good because instead of having a 25% chance of living through surgery, you could have a 100% chance of living. When doctors operate on a clone, the same successful surgery can be performed on you. This is also good because scientists can clone someone with cancer and try to cure it. The possibilities are endless!

CC Has Kittens • • • CC stands for “copy cat”. She was the first cat ever successfully cloned and she has had kittens. CC had 3 kittens in September of 2006. This mother cat had no problem giving birth, which means no test tubes. Two of her offspring resemble her, but one took after his father. The kittens’ father is a naturally-born tabby cat named Smokey. CC was created in 2001 and is still doing fine, as well as her kittens. LOOK AT THE CUTE KITTIES (bottom right hand corner)!

Texas A&M • • Texas A&M has cloned more animals than any other institution. At this college they have cloned cats, cattle, pigs, goats, horses, and deer. Duane Kraemer, a scientist at Texas A&M, and his crew of animal scientists have made history 4 times in the past 5 years. “The knowledge we gain from cloning these animals could greatly affect several areas of science and medicine”, said H. Richard Adams, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M. “With each successful cloned species, we learn more about cloning procedures and how to make the process more efficient. ”

Build-A-Baby • • Want to guarantee that your child is a girl with hazel eyes and black hair? Well, the answer is biotechnology. This procedure costs a good bit of money, but is it worth it? In some ways yes. If you have hereditary diseases in your family, you might want to look into biotechnology. So people use this to ensure that their child isn’t born with any diseases. Who knows maybe you are genetically engineered.

What Do You Think? • • • What do you think about using biotechnology to improve your child? How far do you think we will get with cloning? Do you think that we will be able to clone humans in this century? Do you think you would want a clone? Why or why not? Do you want a cloned pet? What are some important things we could use cloning for?

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